# Disk space not reducing after snapshot deletion
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disk-space-not-reducing-after-snapshot-deletion/283301
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** snapshot-and-restore
**Created:** [September 3, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disk-space-not-reducing-after-snapshot-deletion/283301 "2021-09-03T15:33:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@arun\_sharma2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arun_sharma2)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disk-space-not-reducing-after-snapshot-deletion/283301/1 "2021-09-03T15:33:06Z")
Deleted snapshot of the indices but still the disk space is not reducing .
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disk-space-not-reducing-after-snapshot-deletion/283301/2 "2021-09-03T16:07:04Z")
Welcome!
If the files that are used by one snapshot are also used by another one, then it is expected.
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### Author:  [@arun\_sharma2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arun_sharma2)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disk-space-not-reducing-after-snapshot-deletion/283301/3 "2021-09-03T16:22:48Z")
Thanks for the response.
But I have already deleted all the snapshots and having the same issue.
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disk-space-not-reducing-after-snapshot-deletion/283301/4 "2021-09-03T16:55:45Z")
Which version are you using ?
Which repository type are you using ?
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### Author:  [@arun\_sharma2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arun_sharma2)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disk-space-not-reducing-after-snapshot-deletion/283301/5 "2021-09-06T16:21:13Z")
Elasticsearch Version : 6.8.13
Repository type : fs
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disk-space-not-reducing-after-snapshot-deletion/283301/6 "2021-09-07T03:30:35Z")
What is the output of:
```
GET /_cat/snapshots?v
```
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### Author:  [@arun\_sharma2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arun_sharma2)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disk-space-not-reducing-after-snapshot-deletion/283301/7 "2021-09-07T16:08:47Z")
Result:
```auto
{
"es_backups" : {
"type" : "fs",
"settings" : {
"location" : "/srv/backups/elasticsearch"
}
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2021, 6:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disk-space-not-reducing-after-snapshot-deletion/283301/8 "2021-09-08T06:59:01Z")
Really? That's not the output of the cat API.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2021, 6:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disk-space-not-reducing-after-snapshot-deletion/283301/9 "2021-10-06T06:59:27Z")
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